Nintendo Wins $4.5 Million From Former SwitchPirates Reddit Moderator
Nintendo has won $4.5 million in damages against a former moderator of Reddit’s r/SwitchPirates community who was accused of helping distribute hundreds or potentially thousands of pirated Nintendo Switch games.
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